My path to health coaching hasn't been a straight one. My professional background is in law and academia, and over the years I have worked across the private sector, European institutions and universities. Alongside that career, however, I have always had a deep interest in health, nutrition, movement and holistic wellbeing.

That interest began early. Growing up with a doctor as a father, and experiencing my mother's cancer diagnosis when she was still in her late forties, made me aware from a young age of how precious our health is. At fourteen, I discovered athletics. I was never the person winning the races, but that didn't matter. Training with a welcoming group taught me how powerful movement can be — not just for physical health, but for resilience, confidence, connection and the simple satisfaction of doing something you once thought you couldn't.

My curiosity about different approaches to wellbeing grew during my final year at university, which I spent as an Erasmus student in Germany. Friends introduced me to vegetarian food, yoga, meditation, Qi Gong and other practices that encouraged me to think about health more broadly — as something influenced by how we eat and move, but also by how we breathe, rest, manage stress and connect with ourselves and others.

Years later, becoming a mother of two while pursuing a demanding career and moving countries several times gave that interest a very different perspective. I discovered first-hand how difficult it can be to “do all the right things” when work, children, family life and everyday responsibilities are competing for the same limited time and energy.

My own health challenges prompted me to explore my wellbeing more deeply, with the support of different health professionals and through nutrition, movement, breathing and meditation. Over time, one lesson kept coming back to me: our health is shaped to a remarkable degree by what we do repeatedly. Yet knowing what would help us and actually making it part of everyday life are two very different things.
That insight eventually led me to train as a health coach.

I don't approach health from a place of perfection. I am on this journey too. I continue to work on my own wellbeing through small, intentional habits around movement, nutrition, sleep, breathing, stress management, time in nature and meaningful relationships.

That is at the heart of Vitae Balance. I help busy women regain greater control of their health and wellbeing through small, sustainable, evidence-informed changes that fit their lives and families — rather than expecting their lives to fit around an idealised version of health.

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